2015 Volnay Taillepieds
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The 2015 Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds is very promising, offering up a complex bouquet of blood orange, plums, rich red fruits and raw cocoa. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, with more amplitude and dimension than the Caillerets, its tannins still hiding behind its succulent core of fruit, its finish long and tangy.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Tasted not long before bottling. Bright crimson. Intense and rich on the nose. Very smooth and well behaved and already (apparently) open and racy. Good muscularity and substance. But no excess of tannins. (JR)
Medium ruby. Slightly reduced, extremely primary aromas of blueberry and fruity bitter chocolate. Juicy on entry, then extremely tight and unevolved in the middle palate, with the density of a black hole. This lightly saline wine finishes with outstanding mineral punch and palate-staining length, not to mention great finesse of tannins. There's nothing dry about this beauty. Offers amazing potential. The crop level here was 26 hectoliters per hectare, according to Guillaume d'Angerville.
About the producer
Marquis d'Angerville is synonymous with the village of Volnay, having long made some of the village’s finest wines. Best known for its Premier Cru monopole vineyard, Clos des Ducs, this estate crafts fine-boned, elegant styles of Pinot Noir – wines that act as standard-bearers for the appellation.